Apparatus for forcing liquids from barrels



' (No Model.)

H. B. PARK. APPARATUS POR PORGING LIQUIDS PROM BARRBLS.

No. 286,631. Patented Oct. Mi, 1883.

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PA'rnN'r HARDY B. PARK, on DALLAS, TnXAs.

lnAmii-Lis FOR FoRolNG Lleupos FROM BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION formingV part of Letters Patent No. 286,631, dated October 16, 1883.

A pplication filed April 23, 1883Y (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARDY B. PARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas,

5 have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels, 8mo., of which the following is a specication, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to apparatus for forc- 2 5 and is provided at its bottom with a draw-ofi' faucet, B, and with avbung-hole or perforation, G, in its top. This barrel is arranged to contain molasses, sirup, vinegar, or any other liquid.

Dis the forcing apparatus, which, comprises a bellows, E, that is mainly of the ordinary l construction, having the bottom board, F, from which the nozzleG extends, and to which the top board or iiap, H, is hinged in the usual manner, the bottom and tcp boards, F and H, being connected by the leather or other suitable material, I. The throat J of this forcing-bellows is provided with the usual valve, K; but the nozzle G is curved downwardly, as shown, so that it will enter the perforation C in the'top of the barrel and fit neatly therel in when the bellows is laid in horizontal position on top of the barrel. The nozzle may be either a simple curved tube, or it can be formed by an air-faucet, if desired. The bottorn board, F, is provided at its rear end with supports` or projections L L, that serve to retain the bellows in horizontal position when adjusted for use, and the top board, H, is provided' with a knob, M, by which it can be readily depressed.

ing liquids from barrels or otheuclosed ves-V Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of the Inside the apparatus D is arranged a spiral spring, N, that is secured to the bottom board, F, and projects normally up against the top board, H, theofice of this spring being to return the top board after it is depressed. A hinged flap or valve, O, is arranged to close a valve-opening, I), in the bottom board, this valve being preferably formed of a leather strip, Q, having a re-enforcing plate, R, and the spring N comes against the valve, as shown, to assist in closing the same when the top board is depressed. Y

The operation and advantages of my invention are obvious. By simply compressing the bellows apparatus air is forced into the space in the barrel or vessel above the liquid, when the pressure of this air will exhaust the liquid through the faucet at the bottom under pressure, and the device will be found especially useful in forcing a ilow of molasses, sirups, and other sluggish-owing liquids.

I claim as my invention- As an improvement in apparatus for forcing liquids, the herein-described bellows, comprising in its construction the bottom board, F, adapted to be placed horizontally on the head of the vessel, and provided with the valve O, and'with steps or blocks L'L to elevate said bottom board above the head of the vessel to secure the operation of the valve, a

rigid curved nozzle, G', extending down on a plane lower than the blocks L L, and adapted to enter a corresponding perforation in the barrel-head and support by its rigidity the front end of the bottom board, the top board, H, adapted to be depressed, and 'the coiled spring secured between the top and bottom boards, with one strand across the valve O, to assist in closing the same, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth. y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARDY B. PARK.

itnessesz THoMAs GRAY, D. T. KInKrArnroK. 

